CVE-2023-53590

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: add a refcnt in sctp_stream_priorities to avoid a nested loop

With this refcnt added in sctp_stream_priorities, we don't need to traverse all streams to check if the prio is used by other streams when freeing one stream's prio in sctp_sched_prio_free_sid(). This can avoid a nested loop (up to 65535 * 65535), which may cause a stuck as Ying reported:

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#23 stuck for 26s! [ksoftirqd/23:136] Call Trace: <TASK> sctp_sched_prio_free_sid+0xab/0x100 [sctp] sctp_stream_free_ext+0x64/0xa0 [sctp] sctp_stream_free+0x31/0x50 [sctp] sctp_association_free+0xa5/0x200 [sctp]

Note that it doesn't need to use refcount_t type for this counter, as its accessing is always protected under the sock lock.

v1->v2: - add a check in sctp_sched_prio_set to avoid the possible prio_head refcnt overflow.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= a7555681e50bdebed2c40ff7404ee73c2e932993, < cec326443f01283ef68ea00c06ea073b1835a562; >= 176ee6c673ccd118e9392fd2dbb165423bdb99ca, < 8ee401f89cdb10f39098c0656d695b2bc4052100; >= 0dfb9a566327182387c90100ea54d8426cee8c67, < bf5540cbd20e2dae2c81ab9b31deef41ef147d0a; >= 9ed7bfc79542119ac0a9e1ce8a2a5285e43433e9, < 03c3a5584a0a29821e59b7834635ce823050caaa; >= 9ed7bfc79542119ac0a9e1ce8a2a5285e43433e9, < 6d529928ea212127851a2df8c40d822237ca946b; >= 9ed7bfc79542119ac0a9e1ce8a2a5285e43433e9, < 68ba44639537de6f91fe32783766322d41848127; fa20f88271259d42ebe66f0a8c4c20199e888c99; >= 5.4.226, < 5.4.235; >= 5.10.158, < 5.10.173; >= 5.15.82, < 5.15.100; >= 6.0.12, < 6.1
LinuxLinux6.1

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 4, 2025
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2023-53590: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix